During this launch, senior Research Consultant Hette Spoelstra presented the results of the research conducted by Ipsos among parents of children aged 12–15. It shows that 26% of parents have little insight into their child's online activities. However, children are regularly spoken to at home about online safety: 9 out of 10 parents raise the subject at least once a month. Most parents (70%) have also agreed on rules with their children regarding online behaviour, particularly concerning screen time and viewing the history of their online activities.
Parents consider it particularly important that their children learn about cyberbullying, data security and privacy. Almost half (49%) of parents consider themselves well informed about children's online safety. Parents believe that resources and guidelines on online safety should be provided not only by themselves (59%), but especially by schools (63%), the government (55%) and/or technology companies (36%).
Quarter of parents have little insight into their child's online activities
On 11 February, it was Safer Internet Day 2020. On this day, Bureau Jeugd & Media, SIC and Google launched the ‘Internet Heroes’ programme to help secondary school students (and their parents) use the internet safely.